The flag of Serbia and
Montenegro shows the colours blue, white and red (pan-Slavic colours) in horizontal
arrangement. It goes back to the flag of the in 1918 established "Kingdom of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes", which then showed also the coat fo arms in the national
flag. As this state 1929 was renamed into "Kingdom of Yugoslavia", these colours
were even maintained. The Yugoslav state disintegrates during the Second World War (1941)
into three states (Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro), resp. large territories were
affiliated to neighbouring countries.
In November 1945 the communist partisans of Josip Broz Tito had exulted in the civil war
against monarchists, republicans and nationalists, and proclaimed the "Federative
People's Republic of Yugoslavia". The Tito partisans used since 1941 a gold-rimmed
five-point red star, which since the 21st of January 1946 superseded the until that used
coat of arms. on 17th of April in 1963 the country was renamed into "Socialistic
Federative Republic of Yugoslavia". The flag however remained unchanged.
With the collapse of the socialistic system left 19911992 the countries Slovenia,
Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina the Yugoslav state. In April 1992 joined the
both remaining countries Serbia and Montenegro to the "Federative Republic of
Yugoslavia", and on the 27th of April in 1992 the red star was removed without
replacement from the national flag. The today's coat of arms of the state (adoped in 1992)
is only in use on the state flag and on the flag of the President.
The flag of the President has its roots in the flag of the former King. Since 2003 the
country in named "Federal Republic Serbia and Montenegro"

The membering countries
of Yugoslavia always maintaind the colours of their respective national flag, but there
was in use  arranged with the political system  either a coat of arms or a red
star in the middle of the flag, only Bosnia and Macedonia had each adoped in the times of
the socialistic Yugoslavia a new designed flag.

Many Slavic nations
create on the 19th century own flags  in context with a growing Slavic nationalism.
Thereby played the Panslavism an important roll, a political movement of the 18th/19th
century, which would unite all Slavs in one nation.

The most Slavic nations however lived in this times under
Austrian, Turkish or even German rule. The Panslavism saw in Russia a model, because the
Russians were nearly the only free Slavic nation. In this way the colours of the Russian
flag became to an idol of the Panslavists, and in the end to a colour's pattern in the
designing of the flags of many Slavic nations. Those flags carried and carry except few
exceptions the Russian colours white, blue and red as mutual attribute.

Serbia had in 1830
thrown off the Ottoman yoke, and adoped in 1835 a red-blue-white flag.
Montenegro (an initially pure Serbian state`s foundation) since 1852 independent from the
Ottoman Empire, used initially a red flag with a silvery eagle on it.
In the year 1860 Montenegro had abolished the red flag with the eagle and adoped the flag
of Serbia.

For the adoption of the
Serbian flag with the Russian colours is occasionally telled a real concrete reason: The
colours have been adoped as gratitude for the Russian help in arms for the Serbs in the
struggles for freedom against the Turks.

The coat of arms of the
in 1918 established "Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes"  which was
renamed in 1929 into "Kingdom of Yugoslavia"  showed the silvery Serbian
double-eagle on red ground, because the Kings of Serbia were at the same time the Kings of
Yugoslavia.
The eagle carrys a half clefted and half divided breast-shield with the heraldry of Serbia
(cross with fire steels), Croatia (white-red chessed) and Slovenia (half-moon with three
stars). Above the shield the Yugoslav crown.

The coat of arms of the
socialistic Yugoslavia showed six torchs, which stood for the individual partial states of
the country.
Until 1963 there were only five torchs which stood for the five nations of the country.
Above the torchs the five-point, gold-rimmed red star of the Tito-Partisans, the sign of
communism.
The torchs are surround by an ear wreath, which is bond by a blue ribbon. The ribbon
carrys in the middle the date 29th of November in 1943. On this day was established the
communist people's liberation committee.

The today's coat of
arms of Yugoslavia (since 2003 Federal Republic of Serbia and Montenegro) showes again the
Serbian (Yugoslav) double-eagle. The quartered shield on its chest combines the heraldry
of Serbia (cross with fire-steels) and of Montenegro (golden gradient lion).

1830 · Serbia gets
irrevocably independent
1852 · Montenegro gets independent
1878 · Berin Congress, the independence for Serbia and Montenegro gets confirmed
1918 · breakdown of the Habsburg's monarchy in result of the First World War
1st of December in 1918 · Slovenes, Croats, Serbs and Montenegro join into the
"Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes", Bosnia - Hercegovina and Macedonia
become provinces, first King is Peter I. from the Serbian royal House Karadjordjevic
1921 · King Alexander I. succeed Peter I. on the throne
1929 · King Alexander I. establishes a military dictatorship, the state is renamed into
"Kingdom of Yugoslavia"
1934 · King Alexander I. gets murderd in Marseille, successor becomes Peter II.
25th of March in 1941 · Yugoslavia declares its joining to the Axis Mights (axis),
because of that coup d'état of Serbian military officers under General Simovic, the
joining to the "axis" gets revoked
6th of April in 1941 · invasion of German and Italian troops
17th of April in 1941 · capitulation of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia becomes dissolved: the
King escape into the exile, some territories have to cede to neighbouring states
(Macedonia, Kosovo, Banat and Slovenia), the Province of Bosnia-Hercegovina gets
incorporated into Croatia, Croatia and Montenegro get independent, Serbia comes under
German military administration
15th of June in 1941 · Croatia joines to the "axis"
19411946 · Yugoslavia is during the Second World War location of a merciless
partisan and civil war between communists (under J.P.Tito), republicans, monarchists and
nationalists, the communists had exulted
29th of November in 1945 · proclamation of the "Federative People's Republic of
Yugoslavia" by Tito
1945 · "support agreement" with the Soviet Union
1948 · break with the Soviet Union, dismissal of their patronizing, evolution of an own
Yugoslav way to socialism
17th of April 1963 · renamed into "Socialistic Federative Republic of
Yugoslavia"
4th of May in 1980 · death of J. B. Tito
1981 · riotings of the Albanians im the Kosovo, the Albanians claim for the autonomous
Serbian Province of Kosovo the status of a republic, the riotings get suppressed
1990 · election of Slobodan Milosevic to the President of Serbia
1990 · abolition of the autonomy status of the Serbian provinces Kosovo and Vojvodina
25th of June in 1991 · Slovenia and Croatia leave Yugoslavia and declaire their
independence
21st of November in 1991 · Macedonia leaves Yugoslavia and declares its independence
1st of March in 1992 · Bosnia-Hercegocina leaves Yugoslavia and declares its independence
27th of April in 1992 · Serbia and Montenegro proclaim the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia
19911995 · war between Yugoslavia and Croatia/Bosnia-Hercegovina
1998 · in the Kosovo forces the UÇK (Albanian Liberation Army of the Kosovo) its
struggle for the states independence of the Kosovo, because of the Serbian counteractions
many Albanians flee from the Kosovo
1999 · the NATO grasps unilateral party for the UÇK, intervenes in the war of Serbia for
its territorial integrity and bombards extendedly Serbian targets in the Kosovo as well as
in Serbia itself, occupation of the Kosovo by KFOR-troops of the NATO for "protection
against encroachments of Yugoslav troops", assassination and expulsion of the Serbian
population from the Kosovo
2000 · elections in Serbia, Vojislav Kostunica becomes successor of Milosevics
28th of June in 2001 · the Serbian government sells Slobodan Milosevic for economical
support and several millions of dollars to the UN War Delinquent's Tribunal in Den Haag
2002 · the Serbian province Kosovo elects a "President", Ibrahim Rugova
4th of February in 2003 · new constitution, Yugoslavia gets detached by the "Federal
Republic of Serbia and Montenegro"
21.05.2006 · plebiscite in Montenegro about the separation of Montenegro from Serbia,
55,4% agreement to the dissolution of the confederation
13th of July 2006 · declaration of independence of Montenegro, end of the confederation